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No Ghosts in Strange Lands

Synopsis

Kira is an ambitious photographer who wants to exploit her 'exotic' Eastern heritage to gain recognition in the cutthroat art scene in London. Travelling back to her homeland for an art project, she ends up entrapped in the enigmatic heart of her ancestral homeland.

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Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 40 sec
Format: digital
Director: Ana Jakimska
Producer: Diyanah Chan, Jingshu Chu
Co-Producer: BO Digital
Executive Producer: Nicholas Thaw, Irena Gapkovska
Editor: Diane Doudou Huang
Screenwriter: Ana Jakimska
Director of Photography: Kelvin Cai
Production Designer: Jingshu Chu
Sound: Muge Li
Composer: Luboyna
Principal cast: Anastasiya Ador, Lieve Carchon
Sound Mixing: Ben Carr

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Goldsmiths, University of London

80 Lewisham Way
London
SE14 6NW

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